Ball woman accused of passing off powder as meth

5:53 PM,
Aug. 5, 2014

Ashely Howell

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Town Talk staff

When a Grant Parish Sheriff's deputy went to investigate a report Monday about a person sleeping in a storage building, he found a Ball woman who had a bag of powder she allegedly had been passing off and selling as meth, according to a release.

As the deputy arrived at the unidentified storage building, he saw Ashely Howell, 30, of 6627 Longleaf, gathering up her belongings and trying to leave. But the deputy noticed "a short ...